Following my post on repairing a Seagate hard drive with a BSY bug , I've received requests for more information on other commands that Seagate firmware understands in the terminal communication mode. I have to admit here that at the time the post was written, I did not really research the question much further than what was absolutely required for the actual issue at hand - the BSY error. But after the requests came in, I did look around on forums and such and compiled a short list here of those terminal commands.

This is not intended to be a complete tutorial on Seagate terminal commands but rather a sort of a notepad where I, and hopefully other visitors of this site, would post more commands as they are being discovered (and Seagate firmware versions change).

Ctrl-Z - initiate a new terminal session with the drive /1 , /2, /xxx - control level change to 1 and 2, etc., where xxx can be 1 through 8 as well as A,C,D,E,F,G,H,L,P and T. Just a fancy name for menu level change.

There's a whole bunch more. It sort of makes no sense to list them all because they change depending on context.

All commands are case-sensitive and also menu-level sensitive, i.e. the same D can mean "display log file" on Level L and "display memory block" on Level F

To see more commands your drive support, run this:

Ctrl+zF3 T>/CF3 C>Q

A sample of output of firmware version SD1A, Revision 0011 gives out a mountain of information, copied below. This is by far more than I can stomach or ever had misfortune to get involved with. But if you're dealing with an issue that's different from the much-discussed BSY bug, the listing may be able to help you find the commands you need:

I realize this topic is REALLY old, but it was relevant to me for Seagate issues and I imagine it still is to others as well. I've had a very hard time finding Seagate terminal commands. The other resource I've found is here:

It appears to be outdated, or at least more outdated than your list, but possibly more complete? I've been looking for a newer version for my Barracuda XT, but so far no luck. Maybe others will see this and add to it.